March 2019
Kleptocracy Comes to America
There is a built-in desire among human beings for fairness. In antiquity, leaders were judged by their people as "just" or as "tyrants." An interesting insight into this problem appears in the Old Testament, when the Israelites ask their wisest judge to bring them a king who will lead them in their battles. The judge, Samuel, tells them what it will cost:
I paraphrase: A king will recruit your sons to drive his chariots, be his horsemen soldiers, and to run before his ch more...